The Sound of Building Coffins

Louis Maistros

earliest edition we have, 2009 Toby Pr, 2009 360 pages

"One has to write with considerable authenticity to pull off a story steeped in magic and swamp water that examines race and class, death and rebirth, Haitian voodoo, and the beginnings of jazz in 1891 New Orleans. Maistros's gritty debut novel follows the interconnected lives of the Morningstar siblings--all lovingly named by their father after disease-- as they wrestle with a powerful demon, con outsiders, kill and...

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The Sound of Building Coffins paperback · 2018 · Crescent City Books · 452 pages · 9780998643175
The Sound of Building Coffins edition · 2009 · Toby Pr · 360 pages · 9781592642557
Sound of Building Coffins edition · 2009 · Smashwords · 9781452301099

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